Short stories for students
Subtitle: presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories
By: Sara Constantakis, project editor
Series: Gale virtual reference library
Publisher: Gale
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9781414474564; 9781414466941
Subjects: Study and teaching (Secondary); Short story; Study and teaching (Higher)
Description: Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance.
Notes: "ISSN 1092-7735."

Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Beware of the dog  -- by Roald Dahl; title: A day goes by  -- by Luigi Pirandello; title: Dr. Heidegger's experiment  -- by Nathaniel Hawthorne; title: The heavenly Christmas tree  -- by Fyodor Dostoevsky; title: The leap  -- by Louise Erdrich; title: Love must not be forgotten  -- by Zhang Jie; title: Marriage is a private affair  -- by Chinua Achebe; title: No witchcraft for sale  -- by Doris Lessing; title: One ordinary day, with peanuts  -- by Shirley Jackson; title: The prisoner who wore glasses  -- by Bessie Head; title: The son from America  -- by Isaac Bashevis Singer; title: Sorry, right number  -- by Stephen King; title: Sweet potato pie  -- by Eugenia Collier; title: The thrill of the grass -- by W.P. Kinsella.